Hi from St Helens Mother of 4

Hi Pandra

Its awful isnt it I was prescribed gabapentin you have to wean on and off it and then to top it up tramadol, then they lifted me onto butrans but gave me start dosage 10mgs I have never been so sick in my life i thought i was dying and the after effects left me so depressed. But once it cleared my system I was back to my normal self but it scared the hell out of me and i was afraid to go back to the docs so came off all my medication, and suffered, I recently gave in and am taking some gabapentin again but am waiting another MRI and am working with the weight management team to try to reduce my weight. I am absolutely willing to team up. I am having 2 meal replacements and an evening meal only started a few days ago then a friend introduced me to this site and it seems really good, so am using the food diary page etc. So I am now 20st 5 lb by christmas am hopeful to be down to at least 20 then am going to tackle each stone as an enemy in itself. How about you? B

well done on the 6lb lost x

Hiya, I have been on them before but not as a combi, its to compliment the meal shakes means I am reducing my fat content even further. I quite like the meal replacement shakes (the taste I mean) and I can cope without chewing something at the mo (might have chewing gum in all the time then it might eradicate any feelings of the need to chew. Well done really your goal setting is really realistic my problem is I go off and do it on my own and get a fad about one diet or another, but I have lost 2.5 stone on slimfast before years ago. I was 19.11 or something when I was weighed in only a couple of weeks ago then went for weigh in again at the clinic and was 20.5 so this is my starting point. I will see if I can open my diet thingy lol not sure what I am doing at all but nothing new there lol, I can't exercise very well either because of the damage done to my back so that makes me feel a bit rough about myself sometimes. I just am feeling my age too so on top of being fat that age thing is creeping in and I look around and see 40 year olds looking great and think I want to be like that . Those extra high heels everyone's wearing, OOh I have just had a brilliant idea. I am going to set myself a prize for everytime I hit a stone goal, so at 20 stone I think I will buy myself a hat and scarf set a really nice one. I am not going to make whatever it is size specific as I would have to let go of it as I lost weight, I think it could be like an advent calendar and loads of fun, but am not going to identify the next prize till I am working on that goal to not put pressure on myself, what do you think?